If you are thinking about end-of-year giving, consider a local nonprofit. Food 2 Kids Big Spring has been a local 501c3 nonprofit since 2016 serving children in Big Spring. One hundred percent of your donation goes to help a child in Big Spring. Food 2 Kids Big Spring serves students at five Big Spring ISD campuses and works closely with Big Spring ISD teachers and administrators to identify children who may not have access to food on the weekends.
Many children in our community receive a free or reduced-priced breakfast and lunch provided at school on Monday through Friday, but what do they do for the weekend? Our weekend food sack contains roughly four meals of ready-to-eat food items. These food items are not snacks - the food is a balance of protein sources such as cans of ravioli or beans &franks, fruit and cereal. Each food sack costs approximately $6.00 and we are serving 315 students every week during this school year. We also work to identify and provide for children during the summer months when they are out of school.
What makes Food 2 Kids Big Spring unique? We operate with volunteers only. There is no paid staff, so your donation is used to purchase food for children in need. Our food sacks are placed in the child's backpack before they leave school on Fridays so the child has direct access to the food over the weekend. We will always find a way to reach the children- even during the 2020 pandemic, we found a way to continue to operate with the help of Big Spring ISD and local volunteers to distribute 9,168 food sacks to children while they were out of school from mid-March until May.
If you would like to donate, you can:
Mail a check made payable to Food 2 Kids Big Spring, PO BOX 1641, Big Spring, TX 79721 or contact Pam Steel, Food 2 Kids Board President at 432-935-0713 for more information.
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